Six Tamil civilians have been killed in government-controlled Trincomalee over the past week, as a campaign of terror against local civilians was stepped up.
A Tamil civilian was shot dead and another wounded December 8 in Orr's Hill, a suburb of Trincomalee town. Armed men in a three-wheeler opened fired at the victims in front of a house along Lower Road.
Desmond Antony, 46, a sea diver, was killed and Mahendran Uthasooriyan, 36, was injured in the attack.
On December 7, two more Tamil civilians were shot dead when they were standing a shop at sixth milepost located at Aathimoddai village along Trincomalee-Nilaveli road, north of east port town.
The armed men fired at Bernard Kingsely, 21, a customer, and Velu Jeyakanthan, 27, a salesman.
A day earlier, armed persons had hot dead two Tamil villagers and injured another at Uppuveli in Trincomalee when they were returning in their carts with firewood from Kanniya.
A. Singarasa, 36 and K. Sivananthan, 57, both from 6th Mile Post, Kanniya in Trincomalee, were killed and Chellaiah Sundaralingam, 50, from Varadoya Nagar, Puthukudirupu in Uppuveli was injured.
On December 5, unidentified men shot dead Mr. Konamalai Kaneshabalan of Gandhinagar, an employee of the Ceylon Electricity Board, while he was on his way to work in Uppuveli, Trincomalee town.
A Tamil civilian was shot dead and another wounded December 8 in Orr's Hill, a suburb of Trincomalee town. Armed men in a three-wheeler opened fired at the victims in front of a house along Lower Road.
Desmond Antony, 46, a sea diver, was killed and Mahendran Uthasooriyan, 36, was injured in the attack.
On December 7, two more Tamil civilians were shot dead when they were standing a shop at sixth milepost located at Aathimoddai village along Trincomalee-Nilaveli road, north of east port town.
The armed men fired at Bernard Kingsely, 21, a customer, and Velu Jeyakanthan, 27, a salesman.
A day earlier, armed persons had hot dead two Tamil villagers and injured another at Uppuveli in Trincomalee when they were returning in their carts with firewood from Kanniya.
A. Singarasa, 36 and K. Sivananthan, 57, both from 6th Mile Post, Kanniya in Trincomalee, were killed and Chellaiah Sundaralingam, 50, from Varadoya Nagar, Puthukudirupu in Uppuveli was injured.
On December 5, unidentified men shot dead Mr. Konamalai Kaneshabalan of Gandhinagar, an employee of the Ceylon Electricity Board, while he was on his way to work in Uppuveli, Trincomalee town.
